Writing assessment criteria: CEFR B2

Score Task Achievement Appropriacy Coherence Cohesion Grammatical Range Lexical Range &
and Accuracy Accuracy
Task well achieved at a high Style & Format: Structure: Ideas Grammatical Grammatical Wide range of lexis
10 level Appropriate to sequenced logically Structures: Structures: Complex to complete the task,
Intention: Entirely clear genre, no and accurately Complex Spelling: Very good some original lexical
Instructions: Completely irrelevant Purpose: Clear Spelling: Very good Word order: Correct solutions Lexis used
followed information Information: Well Word order: Punctuation: Used appropriately with
Effect: A positive effect on Register: Good organised into a Correct properly throughout isolated misuse
the target reader awareness of coherent text Punctuation: Used Errors: Very few,
Outcome: Sure to achieve a register and properly throughout none of them
successful outcome formality level Errors:Very few, impedes meaning,
Content: All relevant details appropriate to none of them message
included. Some original genre impedes meaning,
ideas or presentation message
Performance shares features Performance Performance shares Performance shares Performance shares Performance shares
8,0 of the bands above and shares features features of the bands features of the features of the bands features of the bands
below of the bands above and below bands above and above and below above and below
above and below below
Task achieved, some gaps Style & Format: Structure: Some Grammatical Grammatical Sufficient range of
6,0 Intention: Clear in most Usually confusion in logical Structures: Simple structures: Simple lexis to complete the
areas Instructions: All appropriate to and accurate but mostly correct, but mostly correct, task Lexis used
important ones followed genre with little sequencing Purpose: some attempts at some attempts at mostly appropriately
Effect: A generally positive or no irrelevant Mostly clear complex structures complex structures with some
effect on the reader. information Information: with some mistakes with some mistakes occasional misuse
Outcome: Likely to achieve Register: Adequately organised that do not impede that do not impede
a successful outcome Limited into a mostly coherent comprehension comprehension
Content: Many relevant exponents but text Spelling: Some Spelling: Some
details included awareness of mistakes that do not mistakes that do not
register is shown impede impede
comprehension comprehension
Word order: Mostly Word order: Mostly
correct Punctuation: correct. Punctuation:
Mostly effective Mostly effective
Errors: Some, but Errors: Some, but do
do not significantly not significantly
impede meaning impede meaning.
 Performance shares features Performance Performance shares Performance shares Performance shares Performance shares
4,0 of the bands above and shares features features of the bands features of the features of the bands features of the bands
below of the bands above and below bands above and above and below above and below
above and below below
Task unachieved Style & Format: Structure: Muddled Grammatical Grammatical Poor range of lexis to
2,0 Intention: Very unclear. Inappropriate to Purpose: Unclear Structures: Very Structures: Very complete the task
Instructions: Many not genre, or Information: Very simple with frequent simple with frequent Lexis used
followed minimal confused and serious and serious mistakes inappropriately in
Effect: Negative evidence mistakes Spelling: Very poor most cases
Outcome: Will not achieve a Register: Spelling: Very poor Word order: Often
successful outcome Minimal Word order: Often wrong
Content: Omission, wrong Punctuation: Often
irrelevance. Punctuation: Often wrong
wrong
Task unattempted / partially
0.0 attempted Not enough
language to make an
assessment (under 60
words).
Adapted from: http://www.euroexam.com/sites/network/files/file/download/Marking_Criteria/EuroB2WritingScalesLevelDescriptorsE.pdf